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Dollar General forward PE DG

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2009.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
16.5×
10-year median
19.2×
Against its 10-year history
27th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
12.4× to 28.5×
Peer median
17.3×

Dollar General's forward PE is 16.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.2×, lower than on 73% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.4× in Jan 2025 to 28.5× in Apr 2023.

The median for 6 discount retailers of a similar size is 17.3×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far16.5×13.5×22.4×
202519.8×12.4×19.8×
202413.8×13.6×27.4×
202322.5×16.5×28.5×
202227.4×17.5×27.6×
202122.7×18.7×24.9×
202022.1×15.6×23.2×
201919.0×17.5×21.6×
201817.2×14.7×19.0×
201716.3×13.5×18.0×
201617.1×15.2×20.7×
201516.3×14.2×20.5×
201418.8×15.6×19.2×
201318.3×13.8×18.7×
201213.6×13.6×18.6×
201115.7×12.9×16.5×
201014.7×13.8×19.9×
200916.9×16.7×17.9×

Against its peers

Companies in Discount Stores nearest Dollar General's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
DGDollar General16.5×
DLTRDollar Tree18.2×
BJBJ's Wholesale Clubn/m
TGTTarget16.5×
FIVEFive Belown/m
PSMTPricesmartn/m
OLLIOllie's Bargain Outletn/m
Peer median17.3×

Where Dollar General ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.